Travellers usually come to Ushuaia, also known as The End Of The World, for two reasons. They’re either going hiking in Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego or they’re off to Antarctica. I was fortunate enough to be heading to Antarctica! I’d decided to spend a few...
Think Buenos Aires and you picture tango dancers in the street. I spent 2 months in Buenos Aires while I was exploring Argentina and this is what I found . . . The Good Green spaces For a big city Buenos Aires has a large number of green spaces. The best parks...
The way to Port Lockroy was blocked with ice. The captain thought we could go the long way around to get there more quickly as there was no ice reported that way . . . or so we thought. Happily whizzing along at 8-9 knots we hit ice. Lots of it. The ship slowed down...
My morning started with a boom as I stood at the back of the ship. Huge volumes of snow raced down the side of the mountain on a determined path to the sea. What an experience to witness! The view on our way to Danco Island . . . This morning we...
Today we’re going to set foot on the Antarctica Continent! To arrive at our destination of Neko Harbour we have a few hours of cruising. When you have views like this the time flies by . . . To get to our landing sites we get to go in zodiacs. I love...
I’ve been on the road full time since May 2016 and people often ask which travel tools I use to live the way I do. If you’re interested in the tools I use for my business while I travel read this post 11 OnlineTools I Use To Run My Business. Let’s start...
Looking out my port hole before breakfast, my breath stopped. The iceberg stacked landscape was astounding. Mountains of ice. This was the Antarctica I’d been dreaming of! Cuverville Island This morning we were off to Cuverville Island. The Island lies in the...
Land ahoy! Today was the day we would set foot on the Antarctic Peninsular. Hannah Point & Livingston Island Our first landing was going to be at Hannah Point, which lies in Walker Bay on the southern coast of Livingston Island. There was an...
The Drake Passage was treating us kindly on our second day at sea. It felt strange that no-one knew that it was my birthday so I ended up blurting it out to the three women who were sharing my breakfast table. They were all to become friends during the trip....
Our Antarctica adventure truly began today as we left the port of Ushuaia at 6am. The advantage of having been delayed by the weather in the Drake Passage was that we were now be sailing down the Beagle Channel in daylight hours. It’s so great to be out on the...